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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Bittersweet and Broomsticks

Here is a really fun way to decorate the center of your fall table. I took a 12-inch grapevine wreath and cut it open and unwound it. It has been wrapped with a faux English ivy and a garland of bittersweet. I wrapped this around a broomstick in a S-shaped fashion.

So then you just need to place some pumpkins, gourds, and pillars all around the broom for the full effect.

Here I set the table with my main ironstone pattern, Coaching Scenes by Johnson Brothers. The goblets are by Wilton Armetale and the silver is English Gadroon by Gorham.

This is a repost from October 2010. It is fun to go back and see what you were doing a year ago. I had more free time last year and you can tell by how many tables I set up. Not so much time this year but, still having fun and focusing more on photography. I will link this up with: Chari at Sunday Favorites at Happy to DesignSeasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

61 comments:

Love the idea of using the broomstick to wrap the grapevine around! You have got my mind thinking of some fun ideas for Halloween :) Love your dishes and the goblets...are they pewter? The batwing extract jar is awesome! Very well done. Thanks for linking up to Centerpiece Wednesday! Karin

Hi Sherry~ ~ ~You have created a lovely table. I love the centerpiece. I must take a drive around and look for bittersweet. I really enjoy using the real stuff when I can find it but I think it may be a little early here. The berrys don't turn orange till later in the fall here. You china is stunning is that an old pattern?~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

I love your blue transfer ware and it lends itself well to your tablescape with the pumpkins and bittersweet. How knew that blue dishes and orange pumpkins could compliment each other so well. Thanks for posting your pictures for us to share.

I love centerpieces that go the length of the table as then everyone seated gets the same view and your bittersweet/broomstick idea is terrific! The way you lined it with pumpkins and candles is perfect. Looks great with your blue/white dishes too! I'm going to use your idea in a future tablescape!

What a pretty table. The blue transferware paired with the bright orange of the pumpkins is just beautiful. I can't believe the variety of fall tables I have seen. Everyone is so creative and so different.

Oh how pretty! Especially in the candleglow -- you KNOW that I love your goblets! They made an appearance on my table this week as well -- aren't they treasures? The blue transferware mixed with the pumpkins is autumn perfection!

Hi Sherrie! I thought I was a follower but I wasn't! I fixed that! :)Oh, your table is wonderful! How clever you are with that broom and the vines. What a cute spooking little table. Those goblets are beautiful!!Love your poem!Be a sweetie,Shelia ;)

Love it! Coaching Scenes is also my china and I can honestly say that I have never tired of it. I think it looks fabulous with any color. I've been using it with a sunny yellow tablecloth and napkins lately and I truly love it. Happy to see that someone else appreciates this beautiful pattern from Johnson Brothers.

This is a delightful idea. I like the flow down the center of the table, and the blue and white dishes are a beautiful compliment to the fall colors. It's a beautiful pattern with the swirl border. ~ Sarah

I tried to unwrap a grapevine wreath a few weeks ago and only ended up with broken pieces of wood! Is there a trick? Did you soak it? Your table looks so pretty- I love the blue/white dinnerware and the pewter? cups. It's all so festively autumn~ ~ Sue

I will answer Sue's question for anyone else that might want to try this. Grapevine can be tricky to shape. My grapevine had actually been clipped and tied to a stick for a number of years in another display. So the grapevines had "relaxed", for lack of a better word. You could soak it,but I just wired mine to a stick in the shape I wanted it, year's ago, and that straightened it out. That was actually what made me think of wrapping it aroundthe broomstick. I looked at it and thought well this broom is a stick I stuck it on the broomstick and went with it. Thanks for all of the wonderful comments I will be trying to get to visit everyone back!Sherry

I just love this centerpiece. My table is very long and this would work perfectly on it, I think.Thanks so much for showing us how to do it...Your table is so pretty...now I am inspired to do a fall table with MY blue and whites...Thanks.xo bj

Sherry, what a beautiful table. Your centerpiece is so pretty, and you know I love the blue and white Coaching Scenes dishes. The pewter on the table looks so perfect for Fall too. Thank you for linking to Favorite Things Sat. laurie

Ohhh...what a beautiful autumn table, my friend! I love your centerpiece idea...that's fabulous! I would have never thought to cut a grapevine wreath apart and shape it around a broom! Love, love, LOVE that idea! I love how all the pretty pumpkins and candles look around it too! Johnson Bros. coaching scenes has always been one of my favorite patterns! It sure does set a beautiful table! Ohhh...and your pewter goblets are fabulous!

Thank you so much for sharing this pretty autumn/halloween table with us for the Sunday Favorites party this week! This was such a treat!

I appreciate how you've shown your blue transferware with Fall colors. I collect Hadley Pottery (www.hadleypottery.com), and always struggle a bit this time of the year to mix my favorite pieces with the browns, oranges, and reds of Fall. You've given me some great ideas!

Your table centerpiece is so cleaver and creative. It looks easy to do and that is what I need. Colors of Autumn and candles make is so pretty. Great idea. I love your plates with the carriage scene. Hope you have a great week.

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